HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1928-01-19, Page 6Labor Delegates Confer
With' -Federal. • Government
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Pr'inee:Minister• Refers tci'Excellent Feeling 13etwe
playars ;6nd Employees
PROSPERITY AHEAD,;
Ottawa.—Labor,. as repr•esentcdby of • the eight Itot'r dory, and inlO,Orit
delegates from the Canadian "liadas considerably the fair wage egtda-
tions if a Claus 5 providing for t.work
alta Labor Congress, recently paid xis clay riot c v.cee;lrng eight hours was in -
annual call upon the Govetnrnea t, ;'_lied in all fair -,vago contracts.
Only to urge the passing of special • Ai- importi!'it anmedrnentltolt'he•lin-
legislation, but also to vol;ce strong ieigrotion,Act is recommended. mimics
Commendation for certain acts recent- this ,proposed' amondinent; any gov-
ly passed by the Government. The ermnent, company, oorporation, so -
curtailment of the veto power of the elety, association, person' or party or
Senate, there -enactment of tit° Tech- agents for the same, soliciting to bring
Meal Educational Act which expires immigrants into Canada, shall :ba re
at the end of next Match, amendments
o- the .Immigration Act, application
of the eight-hour day .provisions of
filo theWGovern Conference i able in so far plied to the sales•tax ing a. brief rest at Atlantic C.tcy. The picture• -shows him with Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Tilley, .wife of W:.N Tilley,
its eats Government is able to doT 'so, should be aPl
amendments to the British-Nat•th -"which is not only an'obstruction to-I{;C.,ou the .board wa11c.
America Act, and also to the Cruninal trade bat places nn unfau fn a 1
Code, were among the requests of the 1 sos of rho neo- e o g r
delegation.
Many other subjects were touched
sponsible, financially, for Utte said
im-
migrants for not less thanyear. "
It was.contended that if there were ONTARIO'S PREMIER VISITS POPULAR RESORT
r tax reductions they On the eve at what promises to be;a strenuous session of the legislature Premier Ferguson has been take
to be -any further g !
ew Day's - Fun
Before the Rat
-
burden upon the. mas ip e h
n�
tax. . �r reSS using xcavata �,� of Tut- ankh- rues s Tori
le "' and not to the moors
4,0m Morse. president'of the eon- i
nt In Ca�x ani a in �z i early • r. Howard Carter
- rD �Y h� D
upon in the memorandum presented, sirens, coinplinented the. governs
i 1 d' the cotrtention that "organ- on bile Old Age Pensions Mbt ,
as for
nc ung
West Indies
'2e labor shouldbe give me'mbership itsestablishing • the r d.
on delegations, cocommissions or'Uaards Steamship Service, amendments tothe
dealing 'alin • with matters affecting the in Income Tax Act, raising the exemp-
ierests of industrial wage earners, as tion of dependent children 18 to
for instance; the;Econoreic Conference 21 years, for the acts encouraging the
1927),t coal,
e Tariff Board,rand farther one of Canadian -mined'
(Geneva, h
so on, and that t the Trades and 7�a„Jaor and for those that extended "public
Canada, being of n truly ownership by the establishment • -of
yepre'ens tiof e' S for :the torts of
representative, nature, is the proper 'harbor commissions 1
toconsult en seeking .nonina-' Halifax and St. John.
body ." r W: L, Macken -
tions £or'sucli appointments„ The Prime Minister ,
With reference to technical educe- zie King,' compli3nented Mr. Moore on
points out that the `'splendid ananner'.in aghich the lug the last Quarter of a century. It
tion, the memorandum f _ is now Rrntly..establiehed and its fu-
forthe appropriation Trades and Labor Congress had co
the act provides by ern tore is assured. The annual mineral
the Federal Govern -operated in the past }vith'the'Gov
of rt to bee " the
production is nearly $20""0,000,000,
expended aurin aho 10- most; and at- the way in whichh
meat b@ 'ir g i roeram. Thermost luno. rtant metals pro-
adin• - March 81,.-1929,:. delegation had_ presented its p n
y_ar period ending
and 'urged that Dominion assistance
be renewed" at the forthcoming session
of Parliament, in order to insure that
this important work may be continued
Further anendments to the fait
wage Tegulations aro urged in ti,e
inoli',oiandum, and it set forththat
"it would demonstrate, the good faith
of the Government onthe question,
Great Activity in -all Fields-
Annual Production
Valued • at Nearly
$250,000,000
The mining industry continues to
play a very iinpot•tatt roje and stake
a contribution of the.Rret order to the
prosperity of Canada. It is anindus•
try that, sadly neglected for a long
time, hasmade a striking, growth dur-
old be
The representations made wo
helpful.
"If to -day we see a return of pros-
perity," said Mr. King,"this posper-
ity is due in a large measure to the
spirit of conciliation and good, will
between employers and employees and
in that respect Canada sets an ex-
ample to the rest o fthe world.
,Canada
_Gold Cup Ice Skating Series Settlers For : The num-
i the Past year exceeded the v iri tion
r sColumbia ea s n copper,
door. ice events of the East this sea- 23,000. Tf the, disproportion Contin with three large ruins at Auyox,Bri
son, will be held at Saranac Lake and, nes at th'it :rate, the'time is not far dls-
7 k Placid from Feb 15 to 18 Mehf-
duced . in Canada are gold, copper,.
nickel,' lead, zinc and silver. When
production statistics for' the year have
been assembled.there will probably
befoundno great difference in total •
value for the years 1926 and 1927. In-
crease in production in some cases
may be offset by lower prices that
have prevailed during the year tor
copper, lead, zinc anis silver. An aver-
age falling off in price for copper, lead
and zinc of about one cent a pound,
Tin Added to Ontax°io's Wealth
Co panes Formed to Work E) 1PO
Maur ;Coracerixs 13uav Arranging :t0 Prove Up 'rope
Supposed to Contain Rare and Usefrli Mineral
NEAR SWASTIKA.
Cairo,—The clearing •� of the Coartb with n,reseed dates and other foods.
chamber of King' Tut-anlcli=Anten'sM. Carter removed all the objects
tomb at Luxor, completeda few clays
`I. r:inrise tomb
:.
ago by Dr'. Howard Carter, ,.consti-hto 1115' workshop located of Sul II. near by' for detailed exam-
tutes a practical` and to the:.:excava• ination, .preservation and packing for
tions now in the sixth yea?' unless.thetransference to the Cairo 14Irrseunt:
further depositaries are discovered' The fourth chamber, as well as, the
which is not believed likely. The rest of the tomb, -will he open to
chamber contains no treasures such ! visitors on Jan, 17. Thus nears the
as previously. found, but It is filled conclusion of the work of excavation
with an extensive collection of furni begun by the late Earl of Carnarvon
'
ture and other objects. of Pharaoh's and Mr. Carter in 1922
and since con -
including a large canonic jar, a royal. tinned by the last-named archaeolog-
bed. encased in beaten gold supported let. Three years later, on Nov. 11,•
by four elongated lions gftei- the pat- 1925, the mummy of Tut -ankh _Amen
fern of similar earlier finds, numer- with its wealth of jewels and other
ous ushabti figures, much smaller treasures under shrouds, was opened
statuary, a quantity of personal in the presence of the Government
jewelry and several baskets pac'-ced and arehaeoiogical representatives,'
Five English Mining : Companiel
and two' United States•groiips anti i%
ported to .have quietly acquired dur-
ing recent years' properties along the
border between Bernhardt and
sonville Townships, north.' of Swastika,
in Northern Ontario, in -the expecta-
tion that along five miles of a pegma-
tite dyke they will fihd commercial
deposits: of tin.
This most frseful metal has been
obtained chiefly from the Malay Pen-
insula, Bolivia, Dutch East Indies,
Cornwall, Australia, Nigeria,. and
South Africa, but though occurrences
Glasgow Herald Cos. which is the actual story for 1927, Is
Saranac Scheduled for Feb. rJ-1S Uer of foreign immigrants into Can a Uig stern in filo figuring of net pi»L-
Saranac Lake. at The Adirondack g its. Notwithstanding g this, production,
gold cup speed slating championships ada n e pa has beau well maintained"
planned as one o4: the principal .Doli-: number nom Great Britain by fully B itl h leads i p
taenia and -Allenby; Ontario is a' go
Lake ac second with copper ,from the Sudbury
sive;' it is announced by Charles H. taut when the British element will,
ores; and Quebec third, p odircing.
'Goldsmith, President ' of the Adiron-
dack Skating Association. The brat
od.
construe a minority of Canada's, pop-
ulation. Lf the strength of the Im-
perial' bond which unites Canada to
from a mine that has been ,thi nearly
continuous operation' for half a Gen-
two days of the•meet, Feb, 15 and 10; Cur Quebec will show 0 very sub -
will be held at, Saranac Lake and'tlA the Old Country is to' be re the call stantial increase next' year since the
last two days at Lake Placid. A ye cannot afford to ignore rho call
Noranda smelter will no doubt have
Picked lield•of'the best Canadian and which le addressed specially to ouriatarted operations before this appears
AtiterIcan'skaters will compete. 1 {people.
Another Historic House Gone
in print. The repent increase in the
price of copper will be an important
factor iu getting this Industry firmly
established and will also be au incen-
tive to bash, work towards bringing
the big Phu Pion ore body of north-
ern Manitoba to a producing stage at
as early a date as .possible. The con-
struction,of the branch line of railway
to the P'lin Plon'has been decided UP -
on and there is every promise that as
a result Manitoba will soon take her
place as one of the important mining
provinces With the building of this
SEVERE WEATHER BRINGS TOO HOT FIRES
Diichelham Priory, Upper Dicker,. Sussex, England, had at10 wing aom
plotely wrecked when fire broke out during the intense cold of late December.
The water froze as it felt th!e hose. The house dates back to the 14tS, century.
. Canada's B •
usiness The volume of imports increased
'2.5.. per cont;, while exports declined
�p I •4 'per Cent. Value .et. imports was
Makes Big Strides $1,005,000,000 for the first 11 menthe,
•• an increase of 8.3. per eent: Exports
Physical . Volume Shows !were $1,103,000,000 as against . 1,144,-
Y 000,000, a drop of 3.2 per Cent. Car
loading until December 10 shower an
increase of. 4 per cent. over 1926.
y Thal
Cogs
frac i
- Opened in India
Jump .of 48: Per Cent.
Ottawa•--Cattedis.n btteinese reach-
ed a physical volume at. the close of
1927 48: per cent•, larger than it reach-
ed in 1926, an index published by the
Dominion Bureau of. Statistics reveals.
Buslnets, however, was 'eorc what be-
low' the high point reached do the
second quartele
The feature of the year •was the
The Rest of Them
A Pock t Becket
°or IVIotorists
leave boon reported, from several local-
ities iet Canada there have never be-
foirebeein, except in one instance, such
extensive planss'matte for development.
The other easg is'that of Consolidates
Mining and Smelting Cornpan.y, which
is reported to have taken up 100
claims in the Chibouganiau area, last
suminer.
If the deposits prove up to the ex-
pectations ` of the'companies which
have been 'quietly exploring their pos-
sibilities, this would add to Canada's
growing listofanother of the most
important minerals of the vrorld.
nada • Have
C ai.da� to
Even the best -behaved care have a
distressing tonclpney to overheat' in
hilly country. And then it is usually
a -natter of borrowing . a farmer's
.milk -pail" or spoiling a Stetson in
order to refresh' the.'raidiator.
Here a pocket water buoleet
described by a waiter in "Field and
Stream. Magazine" that :Is simple to
make and just the thing for the
motorist 'with a penchant for hills.
"Cut out a aection of a large inner
tube about two feet long. Tle one end
tightly together to. form the bottom'
of the bucket. Then cut two lugs in
the opposite end. Provide a stick to
reach across thediameter of. the .tithe,
and then turn the end of .each
under the stick and fasten thein to
the stick with adhesive er eleptri:clan's
tape. Such a bucket will hold con-
siderable water. When net being used,
it can be rolled up and.atuffer away
in the pocket, taking top very little
room and weighing practically
nothing."
Canada -to -Chile Road '
New Legative:
France and the .Dominion to
Appoint- Minister to'
Respective Capitals
Ottawa.—Canada's success in estate-
lishing diplomatic relations at Wash-
ington has decided- the Dominion Gov-
ernment to appoint a minister pleni-
potentiary to France,' it is officially
announced.. Phillip Roy, ,the :present
high commissioner at Paris, will be
appointed 1» ` thee. post; while the
French Gove`rnmeat will make Baron '
Vitiollea, Consul -General for France,
the first Minister, to Canada.
Reports to the effect that Canada
p
will send a minister to Japan are de-
nied. During the visit of L. S. Em-
ery,
mety, British Minister of the Dominions
and Colonies, the appointment of 0,
British High. Oommissioiier to Canada
will come up for discussion.
Paris. -France and Canada have
definitely decided to change the pteaw
ent statusof diplomatic representa-
tion to the estabiishroent of legations
in the respective capitals;
The French Cabinet bas approved
To Further Good Will a plan to. appoint a 1Viinister to 'Ot-'
Cleveland, Ololo.—Good roads from taws. He will probably be the present
Canada to Chile, in the greatest high-
way project ever . planned by world,
engineers, will do more to establish
friendly relations between nations of
the western hemisphere than the com-
bined strength' of the world's greatest
armies, Jose Rivera, secretary of the in December last between the ilon.
offieial- Mexican delegation to the Raoul Dandurand, Senator . of Can-
American Road Builders' Association, ada' and Minister of State without
said here.: 'portfolio, and M. Briand,.112inister for
Latin•AmeriCan delegates attending Foreign Affairs, France, the Canadian
the couvention backed Senor Rivera's and French Governments have decided
to create a legation of Canada' in
France' and a legation of France in
Canada. The Minister of France will
reside at Ottawa."
Consul -General,.
The following communication was
issued by the Foreign Office.
"Following negotiations, . under-
taken in it diplomatic -way, and after
interviews which took, place in Paris.
opinion that scores of misconceptions
of conditions .in the nations to the
south will be wiped out withtho com-
pletion of the great internatienai
highway.
Men are so hard to buy for," com-
plained the sweet Young thing., "Yes,"
Wire—"I think y u're the meanest
sighed the spinster of forty-three, man alive." Husband•—"'1'hut's hard
WORLD CHAMPIONS DINE "and T hope you'll never' learn how on yom'ieelf-- According to your moth,.
The guests of honorm
. at a dinner given for world champions, Duly dry the hard it is to get a man to buy fol." er, you have been the makbng of me."
Madison Squai'e•,Gardeu Club in New York. Photo 'shelve eight of the sport
world's ,greatest ilgtn'es: Lett to right, seated: Bile Tilden, Bobby Jonea%
Freddy Spencer' and Chardies Winter; lett to righJt,' standing: Babe Ruth,
Gene Tanney, Jol'ittiy i,Veisnutller, and Bill Cook, hockey star.
activity in hitilding, construction, and The Folly of the Protocol
ra
i1 i bound p 1 the f .tete of water•powei' development have re -
London Obeerverr• (Incl.): Three
a deposit of eopper•zinc oro of coat- fleeted favorably on the cement and years ago Geneva was by
misled, the
siderablo'magnitude at Cold Lake. A clay -products industries. illusion of a short crit, misled
d in
flurry was created by the discovery in Better labor conditions have pre. ' their hopes. and defeated by their
the p rood Mine, Sudbury, of a hotly vatted in general in the t a tl iialcls � t1t tt' ms, the statesmen of Europe
of ora .running very high. itr, coppor, with a resultant increase in
protlnc Soiri ei the .vain statesmen
. of a repot`
.rill oC this goes to prove that as a cop,. ,tion. . Drilliur�.,has been active In the:. League but define producer Canada 'has goad pros•` searai> for -pet-oleurmr. Sete nl cli1' ltolnitcla. .) et the aggresslon and enforce he sanctions
eects;of great oxpanaion. - holes have been drilled iii different
The nickel industry of Ontario is parts of the eimntry, and: a teat well {against uggrss•sors; then Peace would
beeyarrt• anti figures for I.he first nice souk to a depth of about 0,000 feet on be , ensured in our time. Never did
m�ntdte nI the year show a vary satia- Governor's island Fibres Ldwtlyd Is. Britain render more effective service
suUsttuttiflcictory leaes. 'erea theagoldon a land, failed to strike anything oC to the cause of peace than wheii'hor
called the world back to a Sense- of
" pro. lu
vee. Operations elsetvltere have emphatic teases Clan of the Protocol
duction' of Ontario, but a falling oft in met with success. 011 has been
which embodied' this flimsy ttought
that of British Columbia. Ontario ac- struck in additional wells in the Turn -
counts for about 88 per cent. of the er Valley field, Alberta, and as a re-
total Canadian production, The aura• suit rho production for. this year
fermis content: of the Noranda 'ores shows''a substantial inm'ease. The
will bring Quebec to the fore nextt 't i well zrear Skiff In
Sensational Story of Revolu-
tionnny`Plot; is Related'
rapid advance in industrial stook Calcutta -A sepaatlotal seor•y of
prices, 'reflecting an easy stoney sitna' witlospread rto'nlnt'iorrar:r eohspit'aeX
Ciel. Spocttlatrr8 treeing ,Was the in Bengal and •lteliar was. related.at
greatest ,Ort record. "Cite number of lire+opening of the trial of 20 young
-shares geld 'on the Montreal-Stoclt, 73esrpalis al. T)umJ a recently. Exchange in idle ftt:9t .11 months Iva The young men s one charged with
9,091,000.,an'Iherease t 42 per sen:.
a -- , - conspiracy'ia . ege wxar against tire:.
over ,926. Ilvit' .li dol•ccs and L'anilitry.,
\volume of coltslruation was .greptter' •
Numerous po ice raids followed the
by neatly 10 per rent. than that of the discovery of a cipher Ucalt during .a
previous year. Mining showed an in.
raid on a. Deogllar boarding ;.establish-
cr'easo of 7'per esut; and the ontpitt
meat.' Whit that Icnowiedge, the rm.-
of. forestry, an increase of 6 per cent. Mica were able to discover the hiding.
. The average of- mannractnring'.activi place el.tLe revolutionists.
ty, adversely affected' by declines In The police seized revolvers, bombs
the automobile and steel industries,
explosives, `and 'r revolutionary' litera.-
showed a gain of only 4 per cent nub titre, .The pro eoittlon alleged the
cloyment itt wirolesa'le and retail titre, .iT of or•rns -was aesegned to
{rads averaged 7.6`pen• cent, higher over -amp tate Government. -
striking n on u a a On Time
'
year with 0 much larger production of the southern,part of Alberto. lute,- Circle, Alaska.. --A valiant battle
gold than elle has yet made. , - drawn atteotion to the possibilities of against the most severe storm in on the rising generation,
'1'lre Sullivan mine o4 British Colum- this area; and exploratory work on interior Alaska ,in' twenty years was
f 1 A Mail Sled Driver
of the lea and zinc,
ada. The Siouan mining division ac- Braving' the weather of 58' degrees
t f considerable quantity claw zero -temperature to 'bring holt
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Italy Prepares
OPEN WARFARE TRAINING
Fascist'. stubs have been opened alt over Italy In which boys are b
given ;e,thorongh milit ry training. Mussolini saes the future of Italy dspetule
bia is the.source of the greater part the l?tbstonedVlH ktoot structure leas success u When. .. Leone.
d i i e produced in Can-. been satislactorY- - 7 ' ' r; Jewel arrived with the Christmas Sierra .
-
from
mail on time from Chatanika,
Tour's for cot
Thera is' also a prodnetioii of tend. lryle.agod•kdn:iu,the lneloctrama clay greetings to this :Arctic outpost,
dQ U d Y g
o r, no- r ac rip and own t stare with a his }funds and face frost-bitten and
Ontario 1 5 rufl:ored a slight fa111ng p
la the lead deriving her silver from whleh of these my Potts shall T bestow cold.
find silver' deposits of Portland cabal, 'gallery. Whynot—others
�, 11 .the Cruris.
I'rixiee of Wales is Host to
00 farmers at ' it oast
ef .Danner
Crom Yukon, Ontario, all Quebec, an was blessed with two sons. IID was
C 1 from Quebec Tits silver- of Jewell arrived on schedule, but,, with
. has
off anti ]:ritish Columbia 15 .now well wearied look, exclaiming aloud," "On his than of dogs suffering from the;
lend and zinc ogee and front the gold my crown?" Came a Votes' from the- _ --
arta crown apiece, Some people poss'es's tact
—others
production 'le good, and guy nor? . I is ,
AsU I
Melton Mdwbray, El gland. -- The "The .Farmers" remarked that he had
Prince -of.:"Wfi'es, accompanied 'by the spent 'many •happy; days riding over,
D 1 f"Y k and.. m•
Prince Tiev all y000 land.
t ce o or a I would liketo liroliose. a oouple of
lounge sults, rubbed- elhews: New Year`s roeohitione," he added
recently with 900 Leicestershire form-; facetiously; ,"which are easier to break
ers: k-haii salve of Your fence rails. One
They were guests of the British heirwould be r resolution suggested - by
at an old-fashioned toast beet dinner, the word 'h,ew' in 'New ).'Dan's.' De
at Oldal, Dement Fort Ilan Leicester. not think I ani trying to teach my
As the royal trio entered. the guests grandmother to auoic eggs, but I hope
waved their 1 pniearcis and sang, `For; volt do not reject anything new with-.
they're jolly good fellows" • oat thorough investigation."
,l 1 Prince of Wales
ttr-luail•! request, ailtlre t•u p.ci s Tn ronc.u.,ion, the 1
At U Q L...
were in sale it workelcg clothes and expressed the hope: that English aerie
didn't seem . to be embarrassed. The culture' soon world regain a anore cola -
prince 09 Wales, proposing a tract to oleic measure of prosperity. •
Chinesetillin Action..
Artillery
Is to Develop'
Platinum Field
al sis Shows+ Metal
Any Com-
pares Favorably With
That From Urals -
London -An official analysis shows
that platinnnr frons the Sierra, Leone
held •00niptires favorably to compost-
-tiau with the 5.0.01e. metal front blob
One Way Out,
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Judge Refuses Naturalization
Application to Japanese
So Solves. Immigra-
tion Difficulty
Can't Serve Two Countries
British Columbia has lona been wor-
ried about the influx of Ilindoo and
Japanese. Ways and means, to limit
and control the Asiatic. menace to
British .predominance have been often
•Ilrals and South. Africa, This is an considered. T to , a ot, n
Govern cont• Press despatch indicates that a •luc'ao
riouueed in a 13ritieb G ve has perhaps solved the difficulty: .
niunique, which adds- that these West Vancouver. -"I simply refused to
African alluvial deposits, - extending r'econnnend the application to the Sze -
over 40 sQuara mites, are "likely to retary of Sttte," declared Judge A.
be of considerable importance" Grant, commenting on an Ottawa 'de-
At present, it will be recalled near- snatch which stated a Jndge had no-
ly halt pie world's platinum comes the right to reftise re2Drntilentiationo
froth Russia. naturalization papers to Japanese,
"Detailed information regarding the Judge ; Grunt' pointed. out- that i
i' totality of alto platinum discoveries," every.cdsis the presiding judge in 1
the 'communique adds, "will be given .Naturalization Court must decide the
any 1ir11 who cam satiety the Sierra the applicant is a "fit and pbope
Leone 'Government 'of their: filtaucial pers'oly'.to be granted naturalisation
standing and bona fide intention and
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TOOK A GONG TIMG.TO EF�ECT SURRENDE-
ll
,ifications withstood
• ",-da �. siege. The ancient tot ,
rt111er' conquers ancient: city Cliochoxv only after 79.day 6
Artillery Q i'. last ammunition was gone.
daily shelling for that time and" the Omatl Shansi garrison surrendered only alter•,tlio r
capacity to undertake mining . opera -
lions in the event of these being lISSe-
lyto.proSe profitable.
M;Tire Sierra. Leone Government,
however, reserves power to limit the
number of prospecting rights issued
dn respect; -to this Locality."
.Absconding cashiers are by no
means a new invention and so the
manager of a certain bank thought 11e
had batter get a detective on the job,
anti retake the, cashier tun for his
stoney. OC course,. the •.detective
wanted partloslaie. "Will youfurnish
me•with a description of the missing
cashier?' he said. "For instance, how
tall was lie?'- "1' don't know how 'tall
he was," answered the manager test-
ily. "What worries; me Is that bo was
a thousand dollars short',"
"The effect of my decision in thi
matter is that owing to the Hon
assinitlability 'of the race,' its extra
ordinary birth rate, the economic pro
1em sure to result, the fact a Jape.'
ese.-cannot expatriate • himself,. an
that z, person cannot po eese any mo
than, one nationality at a time, I .d
cided that the applicant was not a
aiicKprope.r person to be naturalized
said the 'Judge.
The grocer was busy serving lx
ensteners when he notioed a alis
-boy with an innocent loop on his fa
standing close beside- an open ci+a
of oranges "Now,• then, my lar
said the grocer, "what are yen up to
"Nothing." "Nothing, ehl - Well,.,
looks as it, your were trying to to
one of those oranges." "You're w•ro
mister!" retorted the lad prompt
"I'm trying 'not -to l" • " r s.ai't"I